Sales-display cabinet



Sept. 13, 1927.

J. SORENSEN SALES DISPLAY CABINET' Filed June 29 1925 DTETISC-YI.

'51, cover-plates jfor the compartanents.

Patented `1.5527."v

j .uNlrED STATES 'PATEN'roF'FICE-.l

.- ,J'nNs sonENsnNQon HABLAN, iowa.

sALEs-iJsPLAY CABINET.

This invention Vrelates to a `sales display cabinet and has for its,k object, broadly, to

provide any required number of compartments for displaying merchandise of various kinds, read ibr sale, so that it may be clearlyseen an will be protected from dust or other foreign substances, said cabinet to be convenient in use for filling the compartments or-for removingthe contents therefrom; The invention specifically includes a slidable mounting for the transparent coverplatesfor the compartments, and a locking means for said plates, 'also the use cfa single transparent plate and its dust-proof buffers for the. front of the cabinet; palso the mounting -for the swing-doors employed, and the `use of upright, segmental housing-plates for .With the foregoing objects in view and others to be mentioned, the invent-ion presents anovel and useful construction, 'combination and arrangement of parts as described hereinV and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, it being 'understood-that chan es linform, size, proportion and-v minor etails may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, saidchangesbein within the scope of theinventi'onl as claimed.

' Inthe draWing,'Fig. 1 is a view through one 'of the compartments on line 1-1 of i i Fig.'4, the door` being swung outwardly to its'lowermost position. Fig. 2 is a broken awayviewsimilar to. Fig. I1, the door being swung to a closed' osition. Fig. 3 kis a trans* verse section on me 3-3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is abroken away, lan view, of a compertinent and two adjacent' compartments.

g. 5 is' an enlarged detail view to show `the slidable mounting of the transpa a 'secis a broken awayplan view';"bein y tional detail relatingin Fig. 1, to s ow the cabinet, which plan, is provide Referringqnow to the rawing, the display preferably is 'rectan lar in with upright, ara lel ar- 'tition's 7 suitably securedV to a ase or ot tom 8 to form a plurality of com artments 9 sisting of asingle transparent plate 10, and

the upright front wall of the ca inet conthe rear of the( cabinet consistingofa wall.

strip 11 and doors 12 for the several com` partments, said rear part of the cabinet havlng a greater height than its frontz The compartments for a cabinet are of uniform length and they may have any desired width, and the width'of-each door conforms to the wldth of a compartment of which it may make a-closure. 'K Numerals 13 indicate flexible buier-strips whlch are provided for thefront ends of the partltlons, these stripsbeing engaged by theA upright transparent wall-plate 1,0, said strips tendmg .to -prevent vibration of said plate and to exclude dust. Numerals 14, best shown in Fig. 5, indicate opposed rooves formed in the partitions for receiving the 15. Numerals 16 indicate frame-strips having a length corresponding to thelength of tions that the plates'l, preferably construct# ed of comparatively thick glass,may have free sliding movements in said 4grooves 14.

Each door 12, at its .ends, is provided with a pair of Wings 19, each havin a ange 20 operating as a stop-member, sai wings being of segmental form, and when a door is swung edge-portions of the transparent cover-plates outwardly` the wings co-operate withl the body of the door to forma container to facilitate lremoval of the contents of a compartment. i

Numerals 21 indicate sheet-metal wing housings which form chambers c. (Fig-4.) in which the wings, together `with their flanges ,or vstop-members, are .adapted to slide when the doors are opened or closed, each housing preferably being of segmental form and providedY at one of its rectilinear edges with a flange v22 tobe secured tov thebase 8, vits curved edge having a flange 23 adapted to 'be secured to va artition, and its remaining rectilinear edge aving a Harige 24 normallyv disposedsin engagementwith a wing 19.

While-*fthe cabinet may be used for various purposes it is particularly well adapted for containing stock usually sold in oceriesor the like, each compartment contalning a spe.-

taining a name-plate to identify the particument, each frame being4 disposed below a .ciic kind of merchandise. Eachcompartp .ment is provided` with 'a frame 25 for conlar kind of merchandise in said compartcover-plate and secured to the stri 11 at the inner side thereof, above a door. eepers or latches 26 are employed, each being pivotally mounted upon the outer side of the strip 11 above each door for preventing a movement of a cover l5. The com artments may be conveniently lilled by sliding the e cover-plates rearwardly after the latches 26 have been moved.

It Willbe appreciated that the housingplates 2l operate to advantage since they prevent injury to the contents of the compartments which otherwise might be occasioned by the cutting effect of the wings.

Byreferrinfr to Fig. 6 of the drawing it will be seen that each housing-plate is of such form that, while it permits a swinging movement of a door, the flange 24 which engages the wing, prevents entrance to the housing of any finely divided substances when the door is opened or closed.

The curved ledge :v of each winghousing operates as a stop to limit the outward swinging movement of a door when said ledge is engaged by the flange 2O of a door wing. The flan es 22 and 23 which are secured, respective y, to the base 8 and a partition 7 also prevent finely divided substances from entering a Wing-housing. Another benefit to be derived by use of the win housings is that buckling or bending of t e wings will b`e prevented, and the contents of the compartments will not resist movements of the-wings when the doors are moved.

the upper surface of the ase 8 of the cabinet, in the vertical plane of the wall-strip 11, said plane being rearwardly of the base -8, said construction providing a recess 27 which permits the door to be swung'rear- Wardly to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing` and which permits the inner surface at its lower edge to practically engage the inner surface of the base 8, and this eature is of advantage since it facilitates removal of the contents of a compartment.

I claim as my inventiom- In a display cabinet, the combination with the bottom and side walls of a compartment of the cabinet, said compartment being closed at its front and having a wall-strip at its rear adjacent to its top, and having an opening between its bottom and said wallstrip, of a pair of segmental plates on the inner sides of the side Walls, each plate having a longitudinally curve'd'ilange engaging one of said side walls and secured to a side and having a iange secured to the bottom of the compartment and a rectilinear flange disposed adjacent to said opening with a part engaging said Wall-strip, a hingeably mounted door for said opening, and a pair of segmental Wings engaging between the housing-plates and side walls and secured to said door each of said Wings having an in- Wardly extending stop flange at its inner end. and the rectilinear lange of each of said segmental plates engaging the stopv fiance of the wing to limit the opening of the oor. p

In testimony whereof, I have atxed my signature.

JENS SORENSEN. 

